Newspapers raised doubts about the commitment of both male politicians and the police to protecting women.

“Would the Indian political system and class have been so indifferent to the problem of sexual violence if half or even one-third of all legislators were women?” the Hindu newspaper asked.

The Indian Express said it was more complicated than realizing that the police force was understaffed and underpaid.

“It is geared towards dominating citizens rather than working for them, not to mention being open to influential interests,” the newspaper said. “It reflects the misogyny around us, rather than actively fighting for the rights of citizens who happen to be female.”

There is no misogyny! That word doesn’t mean what you think it does! You’re making up a new definition for it! Feminism! sproinnnnnnnnnnnnng

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Yeah, but Ophelia, when bad stuff happens to brown women, over there, perpetrated by other brown savages? That could be misogyny. Over here? Pfft. Sexism doesn’t exist and no one is a *true* misogynist, so suck it up, feminazi.

You’re all just a bunch of white-guilt-ridden cultural imperialists who’re turning tragedy around to focus on ‘you you you’ while ignoring the plight of North American women, and simultaneously making atheism worse because reasons.

It would be like saying racism is only lynching; not job discrimination, using racial slurs and making racial generalisations. Yes, killing is worse, but happens because the hatred and objectifying allows for the depersonalisation.

Re the police force: “It is geared towards dominating citizens rather than working for them, not to mention being open to influential interests,” the newspaper said. “It reflects the misogyny around us, rather than actively fighting for the rights of citizens who happen to be female.” Or poor!